Trouble connecting from Linux Box to Samba Server

**Pleiades** · 07-17-2002, 05:05 PM

I am running Mandrake 8.2 on my PIII 1G, with Samba to share the printer. My development box (P200) is running RH 7.1 (I think), Apache, MySQL, PHP and Samba. I use Samba to share the www directory so I can connect to it from my main desktop box, which worked fine when I was doing this from XP.

But, as usual, Windows is pissing me off, which is why I'm using Mandrake, and trying to connect to the WWW dir on the web server and use Bluefish to do my coding. Problem is that although I can see and open files in the shared dir, I can't save them, or create new ones. It works fine from the XP box, and also from my wifes machine (2K), but not from my mandy box. I'm using the same username, workgroup, but nothing seems to be working. Any ideas?

I just want to code :-\

smb.conf below - www_doc is the offending dir

# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = Some_WorkGroup
server string = Samba Server
security = SHARE
encrypt passwords = Yes
ssl CA certFile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
os level = 33
dns proxy = No
remote announce = 10.0.0.255
create mask = 0777
security mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
directory security mask = 0777
force directory security mode = 0777
printing = lprng

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
writeable = Yes
guest ok = Yes
browseable = No

[printers]
comment = Public Stuff
path = /home/samba
writeable = Yes
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
browseable = No

[Public]
path = /home/samba
writeable = Yes
guest ok = Yes

[Test]
path = /var/www/html/test
writeable = Yes
directory mask = 0765
guest ok = Yes

[www_doc]
path = /var/www/html
writeable = Yes
force security mode = 00
force directory security mode = 00
inherit permissions = Yes
guest ok = Yes

**nerkey** · 07-18-2002, 02:44 PM

If I understand your problem, things are working OK except for sharing files between linux and linux. Samba is not the way to do that, but one thing I've used is NFS. Here is a link for how to do it with slackware, but I believe it should work the same with other distros: http://www.slackware.com/book/index....rce=x1304.html
I see the link didn't work quite right, but just click on the one for book and look in the networking section.

**Schotty** · 07-18-2002, 04:53 PM

Use NFS. It rocks and is simple. Add a line into your /etc/exports file. Then make sure NFS is running on the server. On the client, activate nfs, and do this :

mount -t nfs /ServerName:/share /where/to/mount

**Pleiades** · 07-19-2002, 03:55 AM

Cheers, I now have NFS running, and am connecting fine.

But it seems silly to have one server (Samba) running to share to Winders boxen, and another server (NFS) to share to *nix. I was under the impression that Samba worked fine for *nix clients.

**Schotty** · 07-19-2002, 04:29 PM

it is iffy when it comes to samba. It works, yes. However NFS is wayyy more stable, robust and feature rich. Plus the amount of shit I have taken due to samba fucking up is in the $1000 fee mark if it was clients eating up my time.

**Pleiades** · 07-20-2002, 05:45 AM

NFS it is then. Thanks

**Coral_Sea** · 07-20-2002, 05:41 PM

[quote author=nerkey link=board=4;threadid=4228;start=0#41873 date=1027003488]
If I understand your problem, things are working OK except for sharing files between linux and linux. Samba is not the way to do that, but one thing I've used is NFS. Here is a link for how to do it with slackware, but I believe it should work the same with other distros: http://www.slackware.com/book/index....rce=x1304.html
I see the link didn't work quite right, but just click on the one for book and look in the networking section.
[/quote]

You can run Samba for linux to linux...I've been doing it for a long time. In a mixed OS environment, using Samba for everything means having to fiddle with one less utility.

**Pleiades** · 07-24-2002, 03:24 PM

Just did a re-install (my father sent me the SUSE 8.0 disks), and installed Samba, and am having no trouble seeing the other Linux machine, or the W2K machine. I must have been doing something wrong, but couldn't see what.

On a side issue, if SUSE stays stable (have only had it for 12 hours), and I am able to do everything I want, I am going to piss my XP install off completely. I am most impressed.